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jasminz Tanglewilde-Thompson, WA Nov 07, 2012

This creature that looks like a worm was in my house, very very small. Can anyone ID it?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 07, 2012

Larva of a syrphid fly - predaceous on aphids, etc.

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jasminz Tanglewilde-Thompson, WA Nov 08, 2012

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Larva of a syrphid fly - predaceous on aphids, etc.
thank you so much!! One more question, what is it doing in the first picture? Is it defecating?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 08, 2012

It's not defecating, those dark objects are its spiracular plates, the external part of its respiratory system.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Nov 09, 2012

How cool is that.

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jasminz Tanglewilde-Thompson, WA Nov 09, 2012

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It's not defecating, those dark objects are its spiracular plates, the external part of its respiratory system.


wow, how weird and strange. Thanks for all the info!!

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